Super Slow Weight Lifting

robyn12770

Just wondering if anybody has experience with this and what your results are. My son and I have been doing it for about three months with a trainer. I don't want to give up on it too soon, but I'm wondering if regular weight lifting would give us better results or maybe I haven't given it enough time yet.

Goal_Seeker_1988

If you're lookin for results in muscle development give it a good year.

aling01

Weight lifting is awesome...coupled with cardio...I hate cardio but its a must.

If you weight lift, as you progress, you need to start lifting heavier to see more results.

LillysGranny

I've always thought the best results come from a varied routine and variation definitely prevents boredom. Ask your trainer to mix it up!

myofibril

Just wondering if anybody has experience with this and what your results are. My son and I have been doing it for about three months with a trainer. I don't want to give up on it too soon, but I'm wondering if regular weight lifting would give us better results or maybe I haven't given it enough time yet.

Yep, I have tried it.

It's a useful tool to prevent boredom and mix up your weights routine but has no discernible benefit above that of regular lifting. It helps eliminate momentum from your lifts and time under tension should be theoretically greater meaning more gains.

In reality if your son keeps his training specific to the goal / adaptation he wants to achieve, works with good form and progressive tension overload he will do well.

NoAdditives

The slow weight lifting is supposed to help increase muscle mass and strength faster than "regular" speed weight lifting. But to see fast results there are a lot of other things you need to do. You need to eat about 3000 calories a day, with a significant portion of that being protein. There are some supplements like creatine and others that you can take to help increase your ability to lift. You also need to drink a whey protein shake immediately after working out and you need about 40g of sugar in that shake to replenish your body's glycogen stores. You also need to make sure you're eating extremely healthy foods while lifting. It's hard enough for your body to process the excess calories, it doesn't need to process a ton of junk as well. And you need to drink lots and lots of water throughout the day and while you're lifting. My husband goes through about 40-60 ounces while lifting. and in case you're wondering, you shouldn't expect to gain more than 1/2-1 pound per week and some of that will be fat from all the extra food you'll be eating.